Michael Bluth is the owner of Open Sea Leather Co. A life-long artist, Michael was drowning in the study of Mandarin Chinese while serving as a foreign language analyst in the Navy. Overwhelmed by the intense coursework he sought refuge in creating beautiful leather goods for friends and family. Before he knew it he had created several unique minimalist wallet designs that people wanted to buy: a lot of people. Every wallet is still designed by Michael and made by artisans in Honolulu, Hawaii.

Main Business Issues:

• Finding fulfillment in taking his business to the next level

Michael’s Key Insights and Takeaways:

• As a self identified artist turned entrepreneur, Michael found a lot of success turning his love of leather into a 7 figure business 

• He was conflicted about the “fire” that it took to actually grow that beyond its current level and the lack of fulfillment the idea of it gave him

• Diving deeper we uncovered that this was a much deeper pattern of finding his sense of self worth in solving problems

• This was so deep rooted that it was a core part of his identity and how he couldn’t really imagine who he would be without this

• Additionally, Michael was able to open up the door to the exploration that “solving” this problem was really going to come from finding more emotional peace around the issue 

Connect with Michael

osleather.com, @opensealeather